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VOL. XVIII. NO. 44. .,
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1922.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
COMMISSION ASKS FOR
RAItROADJXTENSIONS
DEMANDS THAT SOUTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL
OREGON BE OPENED
RESOURCES ALMOST UNLIMITED
VAST AREA OF 22,500 SQUARE MILES NOW
WITHOUT ANY RAILROAD FACILITIES
AND AWAITS DEVELOPMENT.
Demanding that the defendant
railroad companies, or some one of
them, construct a railroad from
Crane to a junction with the Na-tron-Klamuth
falls cut-off; that
this cut-off be completed; that a
line be constructed from Band to a
junction on the cut-off; and a furth
er railroad be constructed from
Lakcview either to Klamath Falls
or north to the Crane-Odell line, the
Public Service Commission of Ore
gon has filed suit before the Inter
state Commerce Commission against
the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany, the Southern Pacific Com
pany, Oregon-Washington Railroad
& Navigation Company, Oregon
Short Line Railroad Company, Ore
gon Trunk Railway and DesChutes
Railroad Company.
The complaint further prays that
these lines be given such joint and
common use of existing lines as
m warrant the construction and
thereby adequately serve the terri
tory effected.
An unprecedented era of railroad
construction and development will
begin in Oregon if the Public Ser
vice Commission is successful in its
suit and the territory immediately
effected will be the vast undevelop
ed areas of Malheur, Harney, Lake
and Klamaih counties.
In its complaint the plaintiff com
mission aeta forth the fact that
there iS no adequate railroad service
to southeastern and central Oregon
and shows the present railroad dis
tances to Portland as follows:
Ontario to Portland, 431.8 miles.
Klamath Falls to Portland, 658.4
miles.
Crane to Portland, 558.4 miles.
Lakeview to Portland, 995.2 miles.
Eugene to Ontario, 555.5 miles.
Roseburg to Ontario, 631.2 miles.
Ashland to Ontario, 773.9 miles.
The rail distances between ex
tremes in the state upon the pro
posed lines would be shortened to
the following:
Klamath Falls to Portland, via
Odell and Eugene, approximately
305 miles. .
Crane to Portland, approximately
407 miles.
Lakeview . to Portland, via Kla
math Falls, approximately 407 miles.
Eugene to Ontario, approximately
408 miles.
Ashland to Ontario, approximately
2 .9 miles.
To further strengthen ' its claims
the Public Service Commission sets
forth the following facts pertaining
to the undeveloped resources of
Southeastern and Central Oregon:
"That a large portion of the cen
tral part of the state of Oregon is
an arid region, peculiarly adapted
to the production of large farm
crops under irrigation; and
"That there is the largest supply
of pine timber in America growing
in that part of the state that would
be adjacent to the extensions prayed
for herein, much of which timber is
now mature and should be promptly
manufactured to prevent great
waste and financial loss to tha na
tion, Itate and individuals;
"That adjacent to the proposed
Klamath Falls to Eugene extension
there is approximately 20,000,000,
000 feet of standing timber,! prin
cipally yellow and white pine, for
which there exists a nation-wide de
mand; "That to the north of Burns
there is approximately 7,000,000,000
feet of marketable timber; and
"That the extension of a railroad
to Burns, Oregon would sarve a
territory in Harney valley capable
of growing 200,000 acres of grain,
all of which awaits adequate trans
portation facilities; and
"That to the north of Lakeview
another 7.000,000,000 feet of market
able timber with vast tracts of tim
ber existing practically throughout
E.-v.tern Oregon, all of which would
find a ready market if the exten
sions prayed for were constructed.
Sawmills of the largest capacity are
now constructed in those counties
where transportation is now af
forded; "That the national government,
reuliz'ng the necessity for the
prompt munufurtiire arid the utUixa-J
Hon or our mature forests, has
FOR DEVELOPMENT
authorized the sale of same in said
remote districts with an under
standing, in effect, that $1.50 of
the $2.60 Btumpage price will be
utilized fa the construction of log
ging roads to facilitate the prompt
marketing of said products;
"That large mineral deposits ob
tain in said region; '
"That large deposits of soda are
awaiting transportation facilities,
two of which bodies are several
square miles in area and to a known
depth of 60 feet;
"That the southeastern part of
the state of Oregon, comprising an
area of more than 22,500 square
miles, and perhaps the largest un
developed territory in the United
States, of which 533,000 acres are
now under irrigation, and 613,000
acres are now proposed for irriga
tion, and 327,340 acres of swamp
land to be reclaimed, are still await
ing adequate transportation facili
ties; 'That stock raising is now the
principal industry of Central Ore
gon, and at the present time there
is no adequate or available means
of railroad transportation sufficient
ly or adequately serving said indus
try in said territory, either for the
marketing thereof or for the ship
ping to said territory commidities
necessary for the carryng on said
industry; and .?-
"That in the event of war and an
attack by a foreign country on our
Pacific Coast, the completion of a
continuous and direct transportation
line between the junction points
with the Spokane, Portland & Seat
tle Railway and the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Com
pany at the Columbia river on the
north to Klamath Falls on the south
would afford an additional line of
communication to San Francisco.Los
Angeles and other California points;
"That, at present, not a single
line of railroad exists between
northein Washington and southern
California;
"That national, governmental ne
cessity and convenience demand ad
ditional transportation facilities
connecting the principal ports on
the Pacific Coast."
CITY TICKET NOMINATED
HARRY BEELAR CANDIDATE
FOR MAIOR FOR
TWO YEARS.
Close to 100 representative citi
zens of Vale gathered in the council
chambers Monday night and nomin
ated, without dissention, candidates
for the municipal offices. Rumors
that were rife for several days pre
ceding the caucus that two tickets
would be . presented for nomination
did not raptrialize into facts. The
ticket nominated is as follows:
Mayor, Harry Beelar. .
Councilnien, T. T. Nelsen, C. B.
Woodward, George Carey, Joe Gwil
liams and Lloyd Riches.
Recorder, J. D. Rogers.
City Treasurer, John P. Houston.
FEW VOTERSAT MEETING
ELECTION HELD TO RAISE TAX
LIMIT AND ADOPT SCHOOL
BUDGET.
Nyssa, Or., Oct. 20. (Special )
A meeting of tha vbters of School
District was held in the school
building Saturday to discuss tha
school budget and vote on raising
the tax limit to six per cent above
that of last year. E. M. Blodgett,
chairman of he board of directors,
presided. A very light vote was
polled, only 13 votes being cast. W.
B. Hoxie and Mrs. Martha Klinken
berg were appointed judges of elec
tion and'H. F. Brown, clerk. The
polls were held open until 7 p. m.,
the tally sheet showing 12 in favor J
of adopting the budget, amounting i
to nearly $19,000, and one agrfinst.
For raising the tax limit 11 voted'
for and one against. By this ac
tion Nyina will be enabled to
maintain her schools at their pres-j
ent high standard. An adverse i
vote would probably have neresi-,
taUd closing the schools. J
IS
'VERY
I
WALTER M. PIERCE DID MUCH
TD INCREASE TAXES
STATEMENTS MISLEAD
FACTS ARE CARELESSLY HAN
DLED BV HIM, SAYS
THOMAS B. KAY.
Three and one-half million, dollars
of state taxes collected this year
aro directly due to bills Introduced
by Walter M. Pierce in the legisla
ture and fought through by him,
and his voice was very feeble in
fighting against other tax increases
while he was n the legislature, de
clared Thomas B. Key ta apeeea
at an Ontario theatre ' the first of
the week. . The bills referred to by
Mr. Kay are the Market Roada bill
which raises approximately $8,000,
000, and the soldiers' and sailors'
educational act, which raises another
half million dollars.
"Therefore, Mr. Pierce, one man
out of ninety, is responsible for
three and one-half million dollars- of
taxes levied upon your property this
year. That is jgoing some for one
man. Is this man coming out to
seek your support on the ground of
cutting down taxes?" continued Mr.
Kay.
"By his record you know him and
by his record you should judge him.
And when he is running for the
highest office of the state, by that
record you should judge Mr. Pierce.
In the legislative session of 1917
Mr. Pierce voted 95 per cent of all
the appropriation measures and he
didn't vote against five per cent.J
sir, nerce was aDsent irom roil can
when two per cent of the appropria
tion bills came up and voted against
but three per cent. His record in
other sessions is about the same."
The reason that Mr. Pierce talks
so much about taxes is because most
citizens are not well informed on
tax matters, declared the speaker.
And Mr. Pierce takes advantage of
this fact and makes misleading and
untrue assertions about taxes in Or
egon, Mr. Kay asserted.
"You will note by referring- to
the pamphlet and referring to the
written statement signed by Judge
Crawford, manager of Mr. Pierce's
campaign that the taxes the admin
istration taxes or expenses of. tha
State of Oregon during the last
year" were fifteen million dollars.
Hero is what Pierce says in the
pamphlet, if you please: 'The sum
of fifteen million dollars annually Is
necessary in order to pay the ex
penses of the state government of
the state of Oregon. Is fifteen mil
lion dollars' necessary ?' And then in
this statement gotten up and pub
lished by Mr. Pierce, or his man
agement, he says this: 'When I en
tered the state senate six years ago
the amount was two and one-half
million dollars per year. Today fif
teen million dollars or more are
collected. The inference is that it
takes fifteen, million dollars for
state expenses. Now we can not
figure out wherein Mr. Pierce and
his associates get this fifteen mil
lion dollars because it is a fact
which everybody understands and
nobody can dispute that in 1922
there was a levy of nine mills for
tax purposes and that this nine mills
raised in taxes makes nine millions
of taxes and not fifteen million dol
lars as stated therein. There la,
however, in the Blue Book of Ore
gon a statement of tax conditions
which makes a total of fifteen mil-1
lion dollars. This amount is tot two
years. We have in this state ft bi
ennial legislature which meets
every two years. And that amount
of fifteen million is for two years
and lets the two million dollars ele
mentary school tax which is never
handled in any way by the govern
ment or state. Now cut this amount
in half, the amount which our
friends have stated, and therefore It
is easy to cut down some six or
seven millions of dollars."
Mr. Kay was state treasurer for
eight years and he . has been asso
ciated closely with state govern
ment for a great many years. He
is considered one of the best author
ities on tax expenditures in the
state. He gave many other facts
and figures to show that Mr, Pierce
U inconsistent in his attacks upon
the state government and definite
in his promises of tax reduction.
I.-T. A. Meeting
The regular meeting of the Par-frit-Teacher
Association will be held
at the school house Tuesday even
li.g, October 24, at 8 o'clock. Music
and singing will be furnished with
the meeting and every one Is wel
come to attend.
PUBLIC
RECORD
N0H5ISTEN
City Budget Has
A Slight Decrease
Under Last Year
There will be a sjight difference in
the taxpayers' favor this year when
city taxss art collected.
The budget of proposed expendi
tures for next year was estimated
by the special budget committee
this week and published pursuant to
the general budget hearing which
will be held In the council chambers
at 8 .o'clock In the evening of No
vember 14-.
The budget calls for the sum of
$19,981,60 to be raised by taxes
next year which is $120 less than
the amount levied this year. Al
though this decrease is so slight
that it can mean the saving of only
a cent or two to the individual tax
payer, tat slgntfioanca is that there
ft) a. amuswf. Or prtyiouf JIRB If
has been necessary to levy , op to the
full tlx per, csat increase allowed.
Next year should show tnarked
improvement in city finances due to
the increased revenues from the
water department. There are close
to 100 potential water users in Vale
who have not connected up with the
city system since an adequate sup
ply of water has been supplied.
When these connections are made
the water department should pay its
operating expenses. The budget
committee could not, however, esti
mate receipts from the water rents
any hogher than averages of pre
vious years and it was necessary to
ask for something over $2000 for
operating the water department.
An unusual fact was disclosed by
the financial statement for the past
three and a half years and that was
the amount of fines collected in the
city. The total for three years is
$0.60.
N. J. S1NN0TTJH COUNTY
CONGRESSMAN ASSURES VALE
OP FRIENDIX.'ESS TO WARM
SPRINGS PROJECT.
"You may say to the people of
Malheur county that I am very glad
I was able to lend my little bit to
wards securing the appropriation of
$5000 for a reclamation service sur
rey of the proposed extension to
the Warmsprings Irrigation pro-(
ject," said N. J. Sinnott, congress
man from tlit second district, to the
editor of The Enterprise. "I sin
cerely hope that Director Davis will
recommend the project for federal
development. When that is done
your delegation in congress can
work for an early' appropriation
from the reclamation fund."
"I am not out campaigning. A
man doesn't feel likt hs needs to
campaign In his own home and that
is the way I feel about Malheur
county. I am simply going over my
district and freshening up ray
knowledge of the problems of the
different sections."
Congressman Sinnott arrived in
Vale Tuesday, coming from Burns.
Although he slipped into the coun
ty, as he said he was going to, with
out letting anyone know, it did not
take his friends in Vale long to
prepare a fitting reception for him.
Harry Kennard and Dick DeArmond
supplied pheasants and made the ar
rangements for a banquet at the
Drexel hotel to which a few of those
most vitally interested in the Warm
springs district were present.
Wedensday 'and Thursday Mr.
Sinnott was taken over the irrigated
sections of northern Malheur county
by Watermastet Kennard.
Basket Social Postponed.
Vat basket social the Parent
Teacher Association has been plan
ning foi this Friday has been post
poned until Friday, October 87. The
teachers and parents working on
this entertainment are putting forth
every effort to make it as large a
success as possible as will be shown
by the very interesting program
that is to furnish part of the even
ing's enjoyment The funds ob
tained from the sale of the baskets
will bt used to carry on tha work of
the Parent-Teaches Association for
the coming yeafc
Everyone is invited to come, and
bring your basket, also your friends
or your family, to the Diven build
ing on A street, next Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Posters will
be printed with further details.
Watch for them.
Knitting to Be Done
The Red Cross wishes to announce
that there is enough yarn still in
their possession for some knitting
that has not been done. Anyone
wishing to help them by knitting
one or more -of the seven pairs of
stockings and three sweaters that
must be dot will find the yarn at
the UUtwy.
E IS
I
NEARLY 500 CARS IN A LITTLE
OVER THREE MONTHS
SPUDS BIGGEST CROP
REPORT .SHOWS ..NYSSA'S IM
PORTANCE AS SHIPPING
POINT.
Nyssa, Or., Oct. 20. (Special)
'Nyssa's importance as a produc
ing .center and shipping point is
shown by the report of the local
freight depot. From July 15 to
October 27, approximately three and
one-half months, there were 495
cars of produce shipped through the
Nyssa freight station. This in
cludes a few cars shipped from Ar
cadia but handled by the local
agent. There would have been many
more cars shipped during this time
had the price of potatoes enabled
the growers to market their orops.
The shipments include potatoes, 299
cars, wheat 41 cars, prunes 104 cars,
onions 7 cars, hogs 3 cars, sheep 7
cars, lettuce 9 cars and apples 22
cars. Lettuce shipments are con
tinuing as far as the two packing
houses can haadle it, every avail
able person being pressed into serv
ice to help with the work.
This produce has all been raised
in the immediate vicinity of Nyssa
and is a slight indication of the pos
sibilities of this section as a pro
ducer. With some marketing plan
worked out whereby the farmers
are assured of a reasonable price
for what they raise there is prac
tically no limit to what could be
produced.
BURNS DEFEATS VALE
VALE HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM
ROYALLY TREATED BY
INTERIOR FOLKS.
(By Special Correspondence.)
Although the Vale team returned
with the small end of the score,
they . nevertheless hold nothing
against the Burns team or , the
Burns people. They were met at
Crane by the reception committee
and received the . usual hospitality
found away from the main line.
Tho Vole . aggregation met up
with a team about the same size as
themselves if not a little bit heav
ier. However, due to fumbling and
loose playing, a circumstance which
has to be contended with in early
season games, the Burns team had a
great advantage. Another thing
which Bhould be taken into consider
ation is the difference in altitude,
the Burns altitude being around
2000 feet higher than Vale. The
game was clean and hard fought
from start to finish.
The Burns casualties were consid
erably higher than Vale, only one
Vale man being forced out of the
game due to injuries. The unfor
tunate man was Tom Miller, left
end. He was kicked in the head
when making a difficult tackle.
Tom will not be back in tho ranks
for the Parma game but it is
thought that he will be all right
after this week.
Elwood Glenn was the star of the
game although Harry Propst made
consistent yardage through the
heavy Burns line. Vale was unable
to complete any forward passes.
Vale's only score came in the third
period when Glenn broke through
the Burns line and raced 50 yards
to a touchdown.
1L C. H. S.
Horton, L. E.; Terrill, L. T.j
Hotchkiss, L. G.; Logan, C; Mc-
Kinnon, R. G.j Sitz, R. T.; Welcome,
R. E.; Thornburg, h. II.J Richard
son, R. H.s McConnell, Q.; McCul
loch. F. B.
V. II. S,
Millet, L. E.; Bennett, L. T.; Lew.
cllen, L. G.; Beach, C; Lawrence,
R. G.; Boston, It. T.; Williams, R.
E.; Propst, L. H.; McElroy, R. H.;
Boswell, Q.; Glenn, r. B.
Substitutes Tickner for Miller,
McGowan for Horton, Horton for
Sitz, Dickenson for Terrill, TerriU
for Hotchkiss.
Touchdowns Clenn 1, McCulloch
2, Thornburg 2, Richardson 2.
Referee, Khuttuck, O. A. C; um
pire, ' Foley, Notre Dume; field
judge, Page, O. A. C; head lines
man, Welrome, II. C. II. S.; time
keeKr, Reed, O. A. C.
Mother Expected
MUs Duyul Cochran of Vale Is ex
pecting her mother, Mrs. J. PCoch
ran of Rye Valley, to spend a few
duys with her.
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NYSSA
mum
GOVERNOR PLEDGES AID
TO HELP RECLAMATION
IS ASHAMED OF BACKWARD OREGON AFTER
SEEING BOISE PROJECT
EXPLAINS STATE GOVERNMENT
ASSERTS MISLEADING STATEMENTS AND NOT
FACTS ARE BEING USED BY
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
A really big thing for the future
development of Oregon was accom
plished in Governor Ben W. Olcott's
visit to Malheur county this week
and that is that the chief executive
has a full and true realization of
what reclamation has done for Idaho
and what it can do for Oregon.
Governor Olcott has not been an
entire stranger to irrigation, as he
has been personally interested in
a Central Oregon project for a num
ber of years, but , he frankly ac
knowledged he had never realized
the wonderful home development
that reclamation in its fullest extent
brought about until he was taken
over the Boise project in Idaho last
Sunday. 1
"I must frankly say that it made
me ashamed of Oregon when I saw
the agricultural development irriga
tion has brought to Idaho," said
Governor Olcott in his . opening
speech at Vale Monday afternoon.
"And I want to assure you people
that I understand for the first time
the real significance -of reclamation
in Oregon and that henceforth my
office will make every effort it is
possible for it to make to further
federal aid in irrigation in Oregon."
Governor Olcott renewed old ac
quaintances in Malheur county and
made a host of new friends here but
it is more significant that he K jjow
a better informed friend of Malheur
county, and for that matter all of
the irrigable areas of the state. .
Governor Olcott's first step in
Malheur county last week was at
Jordan Valley, where he attended
the big road celebration there. Mon
day morning he visited Nyssa and
came to Vale, where he had lunch
with a few friends. A good-sized
audience listened to a short address
at the Rex Theatre in tho afternoon.
Secretary of State Sam A. Kozer
spoke for a few minutes to the peo
ple of Vale also.
Monday night Governor Olcott of
ficially opened his campaign for re
election as governor of Oregon at
the election November 7, before a
large audience at Ontario.' Ho talk
ed, as man to man, for an hour
Labout th details of state government
and from .the numerous comments
heard, made a decided impression
upon his hearers.
"I have never made n political
speech. This may seem strange in
light of the fact that I have been
through several campaigns in the
past And this is not going to be a
pilitical speech. It Is going to be
just a plain, business presentation
of business facts. Tho government
of tho state of Oregon is a big bust
ness organization. The talk I wish
to make to you will be in the nature
of and similar (to the talk of the
head of a big corporation to its
stockholders, no more and no less
You, as taxpayers of the State of
Oregon, are its stockholders and are
entitled to know what dividends
have been realized for you by your
board of directors.
"Unwarranted and unfounded at
tacks have been made upon the
handling of the business of this ad
ministration and I deem it a duty
to yoa as well as to myself to let
the facts be known that you may be
the judges.
"I have no apology to make for
what the administration has done. 1
am proud of its record. I can look
back without regret over tho record
of expenditure of the public fundB
over which my administration has
had control. I con do so with the
knowledge that not one cent has
hei-n itnent dishonestly and not a
dollar but was expended for tho
betterment of government and the
welfare of the state, wunt the p o
plo to know these things.
"I want it known that extravagant
and misleading statements have
been made as to the adminUtration's
share in the present tax situation. 1
want the people of . the state to
know that there never has been a
time in history when the state's in
stitutions were la better condition
than they are now. J want it to be
known that executive appointments
have all been made within the four
wulls of the Governor's office, with
out lUtening to the clamor and cry
of cliiiueS and factions. I want it to
be known that these appointments
were entirely based upon the quali
fications of the appointees for. the
place and to know that practically
every appointment that haa been
made to an elective office has been
justified by . the people re-electing
my appointee.
"I ask you to go back over the
record of the administration and
point out if you may wherein there
has been a breath of Bcandal. In all
of the extravagant and misleading
statements made wherein are there
any charges that the state's busi
ness is conducted on anything but.
solid, safe , and conservative lines ?
In all of these charges of high taxes
wherein has the charge been directly
made that my administration has
been responsible for them? The
nearest this charge has been made is
the assertion that these taxes have
grown up under my administration.
No' one has dared to so far distort
the facts as to declare that I was
responsible for them or that I could
have lessened them to any matrial
degree.
"To correct a wrong impression
created by distortion of facts I will
point, out to you that in the year ,
1920 the regular state tax levy' was
approximately $3,000,000. lit the
same year tho' people voted addi
tional taxes amounting to ., , over
$fl,000;060- ;J.U-.wmu .' tl.ui everf
state activity, including all the state
institutions could have ceased func
tioning that year wiped entirely off
the map nd still tho amount of
taxes voted by the people themselves
would have doubled the normal tax
burden.
"In this campaign tax receipts
have been torn in two as a dramatic
appeal; declarations have been made
that this is a symbol of how taxes
will be cut in half. Tho Democratic
state central committee, in its state
ment in the candidates' pamphlets
now being mailed to all of the vot
ers of the estate, declares that Ore
gon's taxes have mounted to $16,
000,000 annually. Get .that figure,
$15,000,000 annually. I declare that
to be a falsehood, without the sem
blance of truth. This statement is
one of the grossest exaggerations
of facts yet attempted. Mr. Kay,
who will follow me, . will analyze
this statement and show the amount
of taxes collected and how spent.
"I want the people of the state to
know that the total amount of taxes
levied in Oregon for all purposes in
1922 was $40,473,900. That this in
cluded state, county, school, roads,
cities, in fact every kind of - tax
whatsoever, down to the smallest
road district or political subdivision.
Of this amount, $2,514,080 included
all of tho expenses of all the State
institutions, charitable and correc
tive; tho expenso of general state
government, and all balance of
state expenses, asido from roads
and tha cost of education. It is a
far downward cry from the $15,000,-000-
a year of tho Democratic state
central committee to the $2,500,000
a year actually expended for state
purposes. But I want you to analyze
tho figures. I ask any doubter to
delve, into them and give for himself
an honest, fair anulysis of the situ
ation. "I want to ask the people of the
state what kind of an administration
it will bo that asks for the suffrage
of the people by declaring it will
cut in two a cost of $15,000,000 a
year, when tho fact is that coat al
ready is cut in two? There is no
excuse for tho statement as it is it
erated and reiterated In every vot
ers' pamphlet and I urge you voters
to verify my statement by looking
at your own pamphlet and then
ascertaining tho truth of the figures
for yourself. So much for that. I
havo dwelt on it to show that sort
of misrepresentation and unwarrant
ed claims are being made against
my administration. I want to say
that this claim Is no more exagger
ated, no more unwarranted, no more
misleading than scores of others
that are being mado daily to the
people of this state.
"For the year 1U22 there were
27 HO distinct tax levying bodies in
the state that levied taxes. These
jJX'ontiiiiH'd to Jiii' itr ) x